Simultaneous determination of the four major catecholamine metabolites and estimation of a serotonin metabolite in urine by capillary gas chromatography of their tert-butyldimethylsilyl derivatives.
- 1 February 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Chemistry
- Vol. 27 (2) , 223-227
- https://doi.org/10.1093/clinchem/27.2.223
Abstract
We have developed a routine capillary gas-chromatographic profiling method for simultaneous quantitative determination of the tert-butyldimethylsilyl derivatives of homovanillic acid, vanilmandelic acid, 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylethylene glycol, and 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid and the estimation of 5-hydroxyindole-3-acetic acid in urine. The method is useful for diagnosis and followup of patients with functional tumors characterized by increased urinary excretion of metabolites originating from the metabolism of tyrosine and tryptophan--e.g., neuroblastoma, pheochromocytoma, carcinoid, and melanoma. It may also be applicable in pharmacokinetic studies of administered aromatic amino acids (parkinsonism, mental diseases, loading tests) and for diagnosis and followup of patients with inborn errors of metabolism that are characterized by organic aciduria (for instance, tyrosyluria and phenylketonuria).This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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